Ulster welcome Munster to Kingspan Stadium this Friday in Round 10 of the Guinness PRO14 Championship. The fixture is also the last of the festive inter-provincial derbies.
Andrew Conway inspired Munster to a narrow victory in November’s reverse fixture, sending his side top of Conference B and that is where they remain. Ulster meanwhile, will be hoping to consolidate their second place position in Conference A.
Here is everything you need to know about the game…
Ulster team:
(15-9) Will Addison, Robert Baloucoune, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Billy Burns, John Cooney.
(1-8) Jack McGrath, Rob Herring, Marty Moore, Alan O'Connor, Iain Henderson (Capt.), Matthew Rea, Sean Reidy, Nick Timoney.
Replacements: John Andrew, Kyle McCall, Tom O'Toole, David O'Connor, Greg Jones, David Shanahan, Bill Johnston, Craig Gilroy.
Munster team:
(15-9): Shane Daly; Andrew Conway, Sammy Arnold, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray;
(1-8): Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Keynan Knox; Fineen Wycherley, Darren O’Shea; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, Arno Botha.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Gavin Coombes, Jack O’Sullivan, Neil Cronin, Dan Goggin, Chris Cloete.
Match Details
- Date: Friday 3 January 2020
- Kick-Off: 7.35pm
- Venue: Kingspan Stadium
- Competition: Guinness PRO14
- Referee: Dan Jones (WRU, 29th Championship appearance), AR1: Sean Gallagher (IRFU), AR2: Mike English (WRU), TMO: Sean Brickell (WRU)
Team News
Dan McFarland has made just three changes to the starting XV that recorded a bonus point win over Connacht at Kingspan Stadium last weekend. Club captain Iain Henderson returns, as does fellow international Jacob Stockdale and Nick Timoney.
Ulster team:
(15-9) Will Addison, Robert Baloucoune, Luke Marshall, Stuart McCloskey, Jacob Stockdale, Billy Burns, John Cooney.
(1-8) Jack McGrath, Rob Herring, Marty Moore, Alan O'Connor, Iain Henderson (Capt.), Matthew Rea, Sean Reidy, Nick Timoney.
Replacements: John Andrew, Kyle McCall, Tom O'Toole, David O'Connor, Greg Jones, David Shanahan, Bill Johnston, Craig Gilroy.
Munster team:
(15-9): Shane Daly; Andrew Conway, Sammy Arnold, Rory Scannell, Keith Earls; Joey Carbery, Conor Murray;
(1-8): Jeremy Loughman, Niall Scannell, Keynan Knox; Fineen Wycherley, Darren O’Shea; Peter O’Mahony (C), Jack O’Donoghue, Arno Botha.
Replacements: Diarmuid Barron, Dave Kilcoyne, John Ryan, Gavin Coombes, Jack O’Sullivan, Neil Cronin, Dan Goggin, Chris Cloete.
Ticketing
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